Posted October 19, 2016
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Shadowstalker16
Jaded optimist
Registered: Apr 2014
From India
Wishbone
Red herring
Registered: Oct 2008
From Denmark
Posted October 20, 2016
Given that the thread has been necro'd anyway, and I'm feeling argumentative, I may as well weigh in here.
That's the most ridiculous argument in favor of the Fahrenheit scale I've ever seen. Let's break it down, shall we?
Both scales originally were defined by placing temperatures of known phenomena at 0 and 100 degrees, respectively. The Celsius scale used points that made sense to humans, while the Fahrenheit scale did not. "Wait a minute", I hear you say, "is that not the opposite of what that other guy just said?" Yes it is, but let's take in the next part of the argument before we discuss why this is.
But what of body temperature then? Surely everyone has intimate knowledge of exactly how hot that is? No, not really, except for possibly surgeons and serial killers. We are warm-blooded creatures, and are generally hotter inside than outside, but outside is where all our temperature sensors are.
Besides, we are adaptable, and tend to acclimatize to whatever climate we live in, regardless of the fact that our body temperatures are more or less the same. As such, what seems "really fucking hot" to someone living in Alaska may seem "really fucking cold" to someone living in, say, India.
That's the most ridiculous argument in favor of the Fahrenheit scale I've ever seen. Let's break it down, shall we?
While on this topic, we also use Fahrenheit and not Celsius because a 0-100 scale of measuring temperature makes a lot more sense to a human.
Neither the Fahrenheit scale, nor the Celsius scale goes from 0-100. The Fahrenheit scale starts at -459.67F while the Celsius scale starts at -273.15C. Neither scale has a defined maximum, other than whatever current theory defines as "Absolute Hot". Both scales originally were defined by placing temperatures of known phenomena at 0 and 100 degrees, respectively. The Celsius scale used points that made sense to humans, while the Fahrenheit scale did not. "Wait a minute", I hear you say, "is that not the opposite of what that other guy just said?" Yes it is, but let's take in the next part of the argument before we discuss why this is.
We know that 0 is really fucking cold and 100 is really fucking hot, which makes sense.
Ahaha... No. "Really fucking cold" and "really fucking hot" are personal, arbitrary, subjective concepts, that mean different things to different people. Very few people have had personal repeated experiences with half-salt/half-ice brine solutions, and so cannot actually relate to exactly how cold that feels. But what of body temperature then? Surely everyone has intimate knowledge of exactly how hot that is? No, not really, except for possibly surgeons and serial killers. We are warm-blooded creatures, and are generally hotter inside than outside, but outside is where all our temperature sensors are.
Besides, we are adaptable, and tend to acclimatize to whatever climate we live in, regardless of the fact that our body temperatures are more or less the same. As such, what seems "really fucking hot" to someone living in Alaska may seem "really fucking cold" to someone living in, say, India.
Celsius, however, is just about how water responds to temperature, and makes no sense when applied to humans.
Really? I'd say pretty much the opposite. Unless you live in a stone-age society in the tropics, chances are you have had numerous encounters with both melting ice and boiling water, and therefore have a very good idea of how cold and hot those temperatures are, respectively. What's more, it doesn't matter whether you live in Alaska or India, you will have the same idea of both temperatures either way. Fahrenheit is for people, Celsius is for water. And I am a people not a water.
What is this I don't even...Post edited October 20, 2016 by Wishbone
javihyuga
Overly Happy 8=D
Registered: Jun 2011
From Spain
Posted October 20, 2016
That's dope man!
